Click here to apply/register for SUGAR® training and Certification.
Since its introduction in 2013, Bitten Jonsson has been the sole provider of Certification Training that teaches healthcare professionals of all types how to effectively use the powerful, diagnostic tool known as SUGAR® . Today, there are scores of SUGAR® Certified and Licensed professionals across the globe. Countless more are needed, however, to battle the growing onslaught of sugar and food addiction in today’s ultra-processed food environment. You can join us and become one of those much-needed professionals!
The acronym SUGAR® stands for Sugar Use General Assessment Recording.
SUGAR® is the first and only diagnostic instrument specifically dedicated to assessing addiction / pathological use of sugar, flour and processed food.
With nearly three decades of specialized experience in sugar addiction treatment, Bitten Jonsson trains professionals on the nature of this complex disease. This Certification course includes all of the topics necessary for professionals to capably assess sugar / food addiction with the SUGAR® diagnostic instrument and make informed treatment recommendations.
The SUGAR® evaluation tool for sugar and food addiction has proven to be extremely effective in breaking through denial and motivating clients. It serves as a basis for treatment planning and is based on ICD-10 / ICD-11 and DSM-5 addiction criteria. SUGAR® Certification Training is now offered as a stand-alone class that perfectly complements the Holistic Medicine for Addiction (HMA) certification.
SUGAR-adolescent® is currently being developed and will be available in the near future.
SUGAR® training is for professionals who work with people who may have developed a problematic relationship (or even a chemical dependence upon) sugar, flour and/or processed food. The purpose of the training is to learn how to use the SUGAR® diagnostic instrument which is based on internationally approved criteria for dependence according to diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5, and ICD-10 (soon to be ICD-11) for harmful use and addiction.
After the training, you will be able to:
Click here to apply/register for SUGAR® training and Certification.
”In using SUGAR®, we ask our patients to give us permission to be invited into their lives, to share their experiences, and to learn about how a psychoactive substance has captured their being. This process creates an alliance between us, increasing the interviewee’s willingness to change and decreasing the level of shame that loss of control has caused them. In short, SUGAR® is a steppingstone to a new life.” — Börje Dahl CEO Dahl and Dahl
In 2021, the cost for SUGAR® Certification training is $3,075 (USD). That includes your first year of SUGAR® Licensure at a 50% discount! (For 2022, the cost will be $3,095.) Click here to apply/register for SUGAR® training and Certification.
Upcoming SUGAR® training and Certification courses:
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